Nervous and excited

Elizabeth, I just bought a Pangea AC-9SE for my new AVA Synergy 450 because you said it was 'da bomb on some things.
Well it is considerably better that the Acoustic Zen TsunamiI was using, which was not bad, so I guess I found one of those things.
I have a Sophia Baby which is one of the last things I would ever sell, even thought I don't have any efficient speakers at the moment, At $500ish, I know of no greater value in audio.

I put my total system together from scratch, bought from here.
Never heard any of my components, before.
It took about six months to put together.
I did much previous research, but just dove in. Tho, cables were purchased in brands/models that I can sell and re-coupe. I needed something to tie it all together and hear the music! That will be my next/last component to finalize.
The cabling choosing is simple, right???

Schubert - truthfully, it was the second Baby I'd owned. They pop up on Agon every now and then for between 400-500 and are worth every penny. SO why did I sell it? Curiosity, I guess. There's always the "What else is out there that I can afford or trade-up on?" mentality that bites us every now and then.

And yes, Phaelon, I chuckled at the first two downer responses. But whatever. If the Mira/JM Labs/Rotel combo doesn;t do it for me, I'll try, try again...

Don't put any credence in my opinion. I could make a very long list of amps I have owned over the last ten years and divide the list into two columns; amps I liked and amps I didn't like. What I like doesn't matter much as I have seen some of my least favorite amps recommended regularly. The Classe CAP151 comes to mind as well as your new Rega.
Hopefully you'll enjoy the Rega. If not, consider it part of the journey.

One thing I've learned from trading out, selling and buying equipment faster than a speeding bullet is that when you find something you like, stop. I've lost too much money, time and effort aquiring gear that sounded the same or worse and that just sucks. I've decided if I have something I like and I want to try something new, i'm not selling the piece that I like in order to gamble on a new piece, and this folks, is why you'll see me on "hoarders, buried alive" in about ten years with floor to ceiling audio gear :-)
BUT, I wish you all the best luck with your new purchase and I hope that it sounds good and if not, I hope parts of it work and that you don't lose money reselling it :-)